I didnt mean to accuse anyone of ripping anybody off. My story was only to let you know that I know these things cost alot to ship, but im willing to pay for these old guys, since they *are* getting harder to find. I've been looking for some time now to find a nice all-in-one or even a nice 9600 tower. You are doing a great thing, these old computers are nice and dependable. I *still* have (some 5 years later) my Performa 6116CD that I used every day, and until recently put into storage. Now im gonna need to get it back out again, as my new core i7 machine wont do what I want it to.
Apples (and computers in general) arent built the way they used to be, and i'd like to collect on whats out there now so I can have a reliable machine for the future. On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 12:20 PM, d.colvin d.colvin <d.col...@online.ie>wrote: > Agreed. > I was at Kinko's about a month ago which was purchased by Federal Express > several years ago. Now Kinkos is a drop off point for Fed Ex. Anyway, when I > was there I saw a sign that said Fed Ex would box up and ship and it was > guaranteed. > > I was going to go see what he has, post it here and if there is something > that someone wants, get a quote from Fed Ex to box and ship and you can > decide if its worth it or not. > > A little gas and a little of my time and maybe one of you might be grateful > enough to help me figure out why my Classic won't mount my external hard > drive. Plus I'm just a hell of a nice guy and the next thing I know, some > jerk is accusing me of scamming you all. > > No good deed goes unpunished, I guess. What a world! > > But you are right about Moose. It seems that he wants someone to pay him a > lot of money for the lot. Maybe someone in the business will. Someone who > has the time and space to resell everything individually and make a profit. > > I'm beginning to think thats what has happened. It's been a week and he > does not seem interested in letting come to his place. > > On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Snook, John R <john.sn...@xerox.com>wrote: > >> >> I agree with what you said. I gave away a bunch of Mac classic, and it >> was a hassle. >> It was hard to pack them so they wouldn't brake in shipping. The most >> expensive one to ship was $36 from Or to Fl. About a third of the people >> that said they wanted one bailed after finding the shipping costs. Also >> some where really picky about what they wanted, and wanted me to do a >> lot of work to satisfy them. >> And I was doing it all for free! Most people where very nice about it. >> And if I did it again I would charge something for my time. >> As far as dollar signs in the sellers eyes, He can't expect to get top >> dollar for a lot. I he wants them all gone he has to take less. A lot >> less. >> I would take cash, and tell him I'll take them all as is, no testing, >> just load them in the truck for free. If you want me to pay, I want to >> test them. The more you want, the more testing. >> john >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: vintage-macs@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:vintage-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Pete >> Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 1:39 AM >> To: vintage-macs@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: garage full of Macs >> >> >> I've been following this conversation awhile now and I have been amazed >> at the lack of understanding of how most of the stuff likes this works. >> That and the greed of all the people thinking they are going to get >> something for free. Many that say they will pay shipping now will balk >> when they see how much it actually costs to ship a computer across the >> country. >> >> Who is going to ship off 15 old macs to people for nothing ? Sure one or >> two to help people out but, 15-20 ? Thats a full time job. Do you >> realize how much labor is involved in packing and shipping 20 computers >> ? What about all the packing material you have to buy ? Where do you >> store them all and how do you get rid of all the junk that doesn't work >> or nobody wants ? All your time testing them ? What happens if one >> doesn't make it in shipping ? >> >> None of you are really seeing this through. You are trying to encourage >> a guy to drive out, spend $500 (or more) , haul a big truck full of macs >> (somewhere ?), and then send you a free computer. Once you see see a >> SE/30 costs $45 to ship to you in Florida you probably aren't going to >> be up for giving him another $50 for his 'efforts'. >> >> The guy has a garage full of 'junk' he wants cleared. He wants it all >> gone in one quick swoop. He also thinks its worth something but, >> probably more wants it gone. The key is it all goes away at once. The >> more people hound him about it the more he starts to suspect it may be >> worth more then he thought. Even if its not. This stuff is. It is also >> insanely easy to do a search of any model name in that pile on ebay and >> see some crazy buy it now price. By now he is probably already thinking >> he's got a fortune on his hands when he was just trying to clear out his >> father in law's storage locker. That or sitting there getting tired of >> all the questions that don't lead to all this junk going away. >> >> The only hope of getting this lot was probably saying you would be there >> in 2 hours with your truck to take it all and you would only pay $100. I >> suspect its too late now and he will eventually just break off contact >> if he hasn't already. Either because he decides hes going get rich >> selling it piece by piece or he's tired of people wasting his time and >> he calls the local e-cycler to actually make it go away. >> >> >> >> >> jjv wrote: >> > It sounds like a scam to me >> > joe >> > >> > >> >> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vintage-macs-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
